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Huddled in a small, cold, concrete room, open to the elements on the top floor of an abandoned building in the dead of night, held captive with four others by a terror group, we waited for help. New Zealand’s Special Operations Forces’ Counter Terrorist Team (CTT) was on their way, so our captors laid trip wires and watched the stairwells, armed with guns. When help arrived, it was swift and precise.
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Read more: Special Operations Forces — Practicing Counter Terrorist Support
- Article: https://medium.com/@nzdefenceforce/special-operations-forces-practicing-counter-terrorist-support-2e2982fc699d
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It’s too soon to know what Midshipman Gloria Lee’s second year at Auckland University of Technology will be like. It was her first day back when she picked up the phone for her interview.
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Read more: Midshipman embraces engineering
- Article: https://medium.com/@nzdefenceforce/midshipman-embraces-engineering-76c825451778
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The international maritime exposition held in Sydney, Australia
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- Article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VUv6-rEy2c
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Is The F-35 Worth $115 Million? Well watch this from an engineering point of view...
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Read more: Is The F-35 Worth $115 Million?
- Article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDujFhvgUzI
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At IMDEX Asia 2017, the international maritime defence exhibition held last month in Singapore, local shipyard ST Marine unveiled a new addition to its Endurance family: The Endurance 170 Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD).
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Read more: A closer look at the ST - Endurance 170 LHD
- Article: http://www.nighthawk.nz
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Juliet Moses reflects on her almost-typical Kiwi childhood – and her concerns for her children as antisemitism stirs from its long slumber downunder.
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Read more: Being Jewish in New Zealand and the concerning rise of antisemitism
- Article: https://www.noted.co.nz/life/life-life-in-nz/juliet-moses-being-jewish-in-nz-concerning-rise-antisemitism
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Military helicopters have had to be re-routed after complaints from residents living near the Papakura Military Camp – home of the Special Air Service (SAS).
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Read more: Aucklanders near Papakura SAS base complain of helicopters and engine noise
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/116403882/aucklanders-near-papakura-sas-base-complain-of-helicopters-and-engine-noise
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